oot camera. Depending on your wants and needs they run from about $10 up into the $500 range plus the cost of film, which averages $5 a role. The basic models are not really anything other than throw aways without film. They are focus free, and often come without benefit of a flash or anything else. If you want to pay more, you can enter the realm of the auto focus point and shoot. The difference between auto focus and focus free is that an auto focus does just that. It focuses the lens on the subject. A focus free actually has no true lens. It is merely a shutter covered with a piece of plastic. With an auto focus you have more creativity and freedom. You can have a subject off center, set apart from the background, or even blur things on purpose. They also start coming with features like flash, zoom lenses that allow you to get close up shots, and customized controls. 1. Familya. Point and Shootb. Single Lens Reflex 2. Serious Hobbya. Single Lens Reflexb. Medium and Large Format Transition 2:Once you know what kind of pictures you want to make, and what equipment is best suited to the job, you are ready to approach the basics of picture making. You may have noticed that while most people refer to photography as picture taking, I have repeatedly referred to it as picture making. The reason for this is that good photography seldom just happens. Every picture is a composition of lighting, background, subject, and other elements. A subject is found, the composition is right, and a good picture is made. The first, and one of the most important ingredients in picture composition is light. I. CompositionA. Lighting1. Time of Day2. Shadow (visual of shadow face)3. Location of light sourceTransition 3:These guidelines of lighting work for nearly every picture that you will make. Now lets get a little more specific and talk about some of the different types of pictures you might be making.B. Portraits1. Film Speeds2. Black...
